Smart Guns with embedded microchip
Smith and Wesson and also FN Manufacturing, South Carolina
" Smart gun research and development is being supported by the Justice
Department's National Institute of
Justice (NIJ), in response to Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI)"
NIJ, with assistance from scientists at the Sandia
National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has evaluated a
variety of technologies that may be adaptable in creating effective "smart
guns", such as radio frequency,
voice recognition, biometrics, and touch memory technologies.
The Smith & Wesson project will support feasibility and functionality tests
of an electronic fire handgun with a code-based
combination lock and a separate
fingerprint module that communicates with an electric fire handgun, as
well as an analysis of existing Smith & Wesson technologies and design of
the next generation prototype. FN Manufacturing, Inc. will use its NIJ grant
award to further the research, development, and testing of its smart gun
prototype, which uses embedded
microelectronics to disable the firearm from use by an
unauthorized user.http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/189247.pdfhttp://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/209522.pdfhttp://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sfl-flhlpvasquez0924nbsep24,0,1498451.columnno longer availableEd: From the tone of this article
one wonders if Big Brother will revoke the Second Amendment : the right to bear
arms.

Smart Guns required in New Jersey
"And, how about this: A microchip that allows a police officer to be the
only person to shoot his/her own gun. This chip technology creates a
"smart gun."
A microchip implanted into a police officer's hand would match up with a
scanning device inside the handgun. If the officer and the gun are a match,
a digital signal unlocks the trigger for firing the gun eliminating a
criminal or other unauthorized person
from being able to fire the gun...... ( Ed: no self-protection ) New Jersey has actually passed legislation that will require
"smart gun" technology on all handguns sold, which would be three
years after the state attorney general certifies that "smart guns"
are available on the market.http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/lifestyle_columnists/article/0,2821,TCP_24456_5613996,00.html

SMART GUN ....User Authorization System
.... Implant technology
Applied Digital Solutions, Inc., an advanced technology development company,
announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, VeriChip Corporation, has entered
into a memorandum of understanding ("MOU") with FN Manufacturing a
leading gun manufacturer to develop a first in the world of firearms. The
team's objective is an integrated User Authorization System for
firearms using VeriChip RFID technology.

Chip in hand to match scanner in gun
A new computer chip promises to keep police
guns from firing if they fall into the wrong hands.
The tiny chip would be implanted in a police officer's
hand and would match up with a scanning device
inside a handgun. If the officer and gun match, a
digital signal unlocks the trigger so it can be fired. But if a child or
criminal would get hold of the gun, it would be useless.

The chip needs no battery or power source. It works much like those that have
been implanted in pets over the past decade so they can be identified if they
get lost. Verichip, a subsidiary of the Palm Beach-based technology firm
Applied Digital Solutions, developed a ``more intelligent'' version two years
ago for humans and estimates that about 900 people worldwide have
been implanted with them.

Sensors in gun measure grip -- Smart, personalized handgunsResearchers at the New
Jersey Institute of Technology, in Newark, are building a
handgun to fire only when its circuitry and software recognize the grip of an
authorized shooter.Sensors in the handle measure the pressure the hand exerts
as it squeezes the trigger. Then algorithms check the shooter's grip with
stored, authorized patterns to give the go-ahead.

"We can build a brain inside the gun," said Timothy Chang, a
professor of electrical engineering at the institute who devised the hardware
for the grip-recognition system. "The technology is
becoming so cheap that we can have not just a computer in every home but a
computer in every gun."http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/07/news/ptbang.html

RFID deactivatorOne such company, EnXnet,
Inc. announced on Thursday that it has filed its latest patent application for
a new Radio Frequency Identification Deactivation Device (RFID). Keyword,
"Deactivation". EnXnet's emerging technology provides the solution to
the personal privacy concerns of the ACLU and other personal privacy advocates
to the widespread application of RFID Electronic Article Surveillance devices
by its internal design and construction, which causes permanent deactivation of
the RFID at the point of sale.http://www.primezone.com/newsroom/news_releases.mhtml?d=55960

Chip in hand...scanner in gun
Verichip has marketed similar microchips for security and medical purposes. It
said today that it has a partnership with gun maker F-N Manufacturing to
produce the smart guns. The companies have developed a prototype and are
working to refine its accuracy.http://www.thewpbfchannel.com/news/3002140/detail.html

Global ID
He also alluded to plans for FN Herstal, which manufactures Browning
and Smith and Wesson firearms, to develop an implant-firearm system that would make a
firearm functional only to the individual implanted with its corresponding
microchip. A scanner in the gun
would be designed to recognize the owner. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38038

Smart gun Law-- Gov. Jms. McGreevey
(New Jersey) Owner's Grip on file
A similar bill has been introduced in the New York
Legislature.
Under the law, smart-gun technology will be required in new handguns sold three
years after the state attorney general determines a prototype is safe and
commercially available. Weapons used by law enforcement officers
would be exempt until a separate decision on whether the
requirement should apply to them.
The New Jersey Institute of Technology is developing a smart-gun prototype that
would use sensors on the pistol grip to identify a user.Gun owners would have their grips programmed at a gun shop or
police range by practice-firing the weapon. A microchip in
the weapon would remember the grip and determine in an instant whether the
authorized user was holding the weapon. If not, the gun would not fire.http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/v-pfriendly/story/46026p-43317c.html